Ottar Egil Toreng (5 December 1922 – 8 January 2015) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician. He was born in

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, and grew up in Flisa. He became a journalist in '' Glåmdalen'' during the second world war, and was promoted to sub-editor in 1954. From 1961 to 1962 he worked with information in the

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. He was a member of the

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for

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from 1952 to 1963. He became news editor in ''Glåmdalen'' in 1962, and was their editor-in-chief from 1968 to 1986. He was a deputy representative to the

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during the term 1958–1961. Toreng was a national board member of the Labour Party from 1973 to 1981, headed Arbeiderpressens Samvirke from 1975 to 1979 and the

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from 1978 to 1982, and chaired the

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's board of directors from 1980 to 1987. He was succeeded in the latter position by

Svein Døvle Larssen Svein Døvle Larssen (20 April 1928 – 23 January 2015) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He spent most of his career in the Conservative press in the county of Vestfold, and was also an elected politician for the Conservative Party of Norway, Con ...

. He has also written books, among others on Kongsvinger IL's history. He died in 2015.

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1922 births 2015 deaths Politicians from Kongsvinger Norwegian newspaper editors Labour Party (Norway) politicians Hedmark politicians Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian non-fiction writers {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub